What do you love about your own home

[onemorerose]

For me it’s having some houseplants and when I have a high clutter area cleared.

I love the potential and living mid renovation with the possibility's around me

Where it is and the views.

I love how clean I am. You can eat off the floors here.

My children are in it. We rent, but it's still our home.

That we now own it outright. We went through all the shit of the horrific and ridiculous mortgage interest rates in the 1990s and only got through it by the skin of our teeth. But it is ours now and nobody can take it away from us.

It’s where my family are. It’s a house full of heart and in a beautiful quiet area with lots of woodland. My kids can roam freely. We’re renovating and it’s becoming a beautiful place to spend time.

My house is a period property with thick stone walls and it’s so cosy and warm, it feels like it hugs me when I come home. It’s my haven. Also has big sliding windows with lovely countryside views. I find green very calming.

@BananaSplitsss Me too! My husband actually dropped something the other day and I said "Don't worry, floor's as clean as a plate!"

My kitchen. It’s the nicest kitchen in the county. Possibly the world.

High ceilings, gorgeous huge windows, and views of the Shard. And I love my very pretty and sunny garden, it's my truly happy place 😊

The layout downstairs. A cosy living room, which can open up to a kitchen/music/diningroom with crittal style wall of glass to the garden. I love my gas fire. I love the brick slips I put on the walls of the extension- add so much warmth and character. Also great neighbours.

Loads of space
Lots of windows
Easy to heat
The location is superb
Lots of hardwood floors

Everything. It's my safe space. Just me in my nest.

How could I forget I have a view of the sea! I love that! When I walk in the front door I can see the garden and the sea. I’ve been clearing and decluttering and at the moment all I can see is the tidy clean areas 😂

I love the space. It’s a pretty small house compared to some but we lived in a one bedroom flat for years before this and it’s a huge difference. We now have a garden and three bedrooms and have been able to get a dog and have a baby. Both things we’ve wanted for ages but didn’t have the space for before.

Everything - it's not a palace. However, the blood, sweat, tears, and put into getting this house when I fled domestic abuse 23 years with four then youngsters, the aftermath including hidden homeless for 2 and a half years, the whole system of this country involved my home is our safety, place I am happy and my now adult youngsters have a safe home if they ever need it. I doubt it as they are happy with good lives.

However, if you had been where we had, you would get it. In those 2 years, I had 8 moves. My children had to spend a short period in the care system as well.

Everything about our home was fought for, built on love and safety. Those 2 and a half years took my already fragile mental health and left me with another mirade of health issues, life long.

Absolutely no regrets. We were finally safe and away from the ex.

I happily remarried, too. My late husband is my soul mate, best friend, and, the dad, and grandpa he didn't have to be.

We have a simple home, full of love, laughter, and sadness, too when my 2nd husband unexpectedly passed away. You know what - it's really, it's my solace and where many gave stayed when they have needed a safe place too

We rent so not much except it's a good size and local to all family, 2 of the dcs school. Close to all public transport for the teens. Nice neighbours

I only have views of the neighbours houses. Jealous of all the beautiful views on this thread!
However, my kids have nice big bedrooms. I love my utility room and I love having 2 receptions room, one spacious and one cosy.
We’re doing some work on it and it’s getting there slowly.
Its very well located and we feel v settled.

Same. It's ours. I get a great amount of pleasure from that.

High ceilings, fantastic light, old Victorian woodwork and huge built in closets, plus a built-in linen closet/ drawers combo. Also a big deck off the mudroom which is off the kitchen. Lovely wood floors.

I like the people I live with, it has a bit of patina, everyone who visits seems to feel welcome.

I like the views.

@keffie12

Hats off to you, and beautifully written.

DOWNSTAIRS TOILET

Use it more than my upstairs one. So useful when you have little kids or also wfh.

My neighbours - we have the best neighbours ever.

I have a bookroom/library - with a deep window seat, a fire, and shelves all around. I love it.

very enviousof the view of the sea.

keffie12 that was a lovely post.